Underwoods Electrical Distributors Limited
The company was engaged in the distribution of automation and control equipment to industry. During the year the company operated from a central warehouse in London, servicing twelve sales offices: nine of which are in England, one in Wales and two in Scotland. The company has key strategic partnership agreements with major multi-national electrical equipment manufacturers, whose products the company is franchised to sell into the UK market.
Revenue
£48.2m
▼ -0.7% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£1.3m
Margin 3.8%
Employees
96
– 0.0% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£8.0m
Total assets £19.7m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
3 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2025 | £48.2m | ▼ -0.7% | £1.8m | 96 | £8.0m |
| 31 Aug 2024 | £48.5m | — | £2.0m | 96 | £7.9m |
| 31 Aug 2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Aug 2025. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £48.2m
- Gross profit
- £8.5m
- Operating profit
- £1.8m
- Profit before tax
- £1.8m
- Profit after tax
- £1.3m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £19.7m
- Cash
- £349k
- Total liabilities
- £11.7m
- Net assets
- £8.0m
- Revenue per employee
- £502k
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